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New Indian Express
09-07-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Strong action on anti-India content on social media: NIA
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is learnt to have worked out a plan with intelligence and cybersecurity agencies to bring in a tougher mechanism against those who upload provocative anti-India content on online platforms and which go viral in no time, sources said on Monday. They said that the agencies have moved in this direction as terror outfits frequently use online platforms for radicalisation. Of late online videos of Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannu, gangster Goldie Brar and other anti-national elements have been blocked by Indian authorities. The sources said social media platforms 'will be formally informed of their responsibilities under the new framework'. 'Under the new joint plan, social media platforms will be required to actively monitor and curb the circulation of anti-national and misleading content through their internal mechanisms. Additionally, they will need to regularly update the government on the action taken against such material at their end,' a source said, adding that it also covers content uploaded from abroad. 'Action will be taken under Indian law not only against those posting such content from outside India, but also against individuals and networks that circulate it within the country,' he said, adding that a mechanism to block such videos have already been put in place, and now the focus is on 'taking strong legal action against those who amplify or share them'. Action against offenders Action will be taken under the Indian laws not only against those posting such content from outside India, but also against individuals and networks that circulate it within the country, a sources said.
New Indian Express
08-07-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
NIA, intelligence formulate new plan to counter anti-Indian online content
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is learnt to have collaborated with intelligence and cyber security agencies to formulate tougher mechanisms to take action against anti-Indian content on online platforms, sources said on Monday. Sources said that the decision to tighten control over online content was made following increasing reports of terror outfits using social media platforms for radicalisation. Recently, online videos of Khalistani separationist Gurpatwant Singh Pannu, gangster Goldie Brar, and other anti-national elements have been blocked by Indian authorities. The move is aimed at tackling the spread of provocative and misleading material online, sources further said, adding that social media platforms will be "formally informed of their responsibilities under the new framework".
India Today
08-07-2025
- Politics
- India Today
NIA plans joint crackdown on those who share anti-national content on social media
After blocking online videos of Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannu, gangster Goldie Brar and other anti-national elements, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is preparing for tougher action against those who help such content go to official sources, the anti-terror agency is now working on a joint strategy with other intelligence agencies to tackle the spread of provocative and misleading material online. As part of this plan, social media platforms will be formally informed of their responsibilities under the new the proposed joint policy, social media platforms will be required to actively monitor and curb the circulation of anti-national and misleading content through their internal mechanisms. Additionally, they will need to regularly update the government on the action taken against such material at their end. Officials said the plan also covers content uploaded from abroad. Action will be taken under Indian law not only against those posting such content from outside India but also against individuals and networks that circulate it within the country.A strategy to block such videos has already been put in place. Now, the focus is on taking strong legal action against those who amplify or share officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Law and Justice, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, and the Ministry of Communications have held several high-level meetings to finalise this coordinated November 2023, the US Department of Justice revealed it had uncovered a plot to assassinate Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York, allegedly masterminded by an individual working for the Indian government. The accused was identified as an agent of India's external intelligence agency, R&AW, who reportedly sought to hire a contract killer for the US later indicted an Indian national, Nikhil Gupta, in connection with the plot. Gupta was first detained in Prague and extradited to the United States in June 2024. According to investigators, Gupta is accused of conspiring with a former Indian official, Vikash Yadav, to eliminate Pannun.- Ends
Hindustan Times
19-06-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Key SFJ operative arrested for vandalising Ambedkar's statue
Jalandhar : Punjab Police's state special operation cell (SSOC), Mohali, has arrested Resham Singh, a key operative of the banned Sikh for Justice (SFJ) group, for his involvement in the vandalism of a Dr BR Ambedkar statue in Phillaur and executing a series of Pro-Khalistan graffiti across the state. Resham, a close associate of SFJ's US-based head Gurpatwant Singh Pannu, was apprehended after being on the run since the incident. Punjab director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said that initial investigations pointed to Resham's involvement in the June 2 vandalism at Nangal in Phillaur. Resham, a resident of Hamidi village in Barnala, was allegedly acting under the directions of Surinder Singh Thikriwal, a wanted criminal in several UAPA cases, and Gurpatwant Singh Pannu, he said. The accused is also accused of defacing public property with pro-Khalistan and pro-SFJ graffiti in multiple districts, including Patiala, Faridkot and Jalandhar. Resham had been involved in spreading inflammatory slogans such as 'Pakistan Zindabad' and 'Khalistan Zindabad' during the Indo-Pak escalation in May 2025, further escalating anti-national sentiments. Foreign funding and anti-national propaganda Investigations have revealed that Resham was receiving foreign funding to carry out his unlawful activities. According to the DGP, Resham was also involved in other anti-national activities and had previously been arrested in two UAPA cases in Karnal (Haryana) and Sangrur for painting anti-national graffiti. The authorities are now investigating his links to international sources that may have funded his actions. Assistant inspector general of police (SSOC) Ravjot Grewal said the police received credible intelligence regarding Resham's role in promoting secession. The SSOC team launched a well-coordinated operation, which led to his arrest from Kharar, where he had taken refuge under the protection of his handler, Surinder Thikriwal. During interrogation, Resham confessed that he was introduced to the SFJ network in 2019 through Harpreet Singh alias Rana, a key figure behind the now-banned media channel 'Politics Punjab.' Rana reportedly connected Singh to prominent SFJ leaders, including Pannu, Bikramjit Singh (USA), and JS Dhaliwal. Following his release from Sangrur jail in May 2024 after serving a two-year sentence, Resham resumed his anti-national activities, now under the influence of Thikriwal, a former terrorist who fled to the US in 2022. Resham was reportedly instructed to record videos of his acts of vandalism and send them to his handlers abroad, who used the footage to fuel secessionist propaganda. Authorities have confirmed that Resham received between ₹8 to ₹10 lakh from foreign handlers to fund his unlawful activities. Investigations continue as police work to identify other individuals involved in the network and assess the extent of their operations.
Hindustan Times
01-05-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
‘If India attacks Pakistan…': Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Pannu's message for Sikh soldiers
Pro-Khalistan separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannu has called on the Sikh soldiers in the Indian army not to fight for the country if India goes to war with Pakistan. The 'Sikhs For Justice' leader also claimed that Punjabis on the Indian side of the border 'would serve langar' to the Pakistani army in the event of the war. If India attacks Pakistan, then it will be the final war for India and Modi. The Punjabis on the Indian side would serve langar for the Pakistani army,' Pannu said in a video message, the Dawn reported.
